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ADULT NIGHT LET YOUR INNER CHILD COME OUT AND PLAY. NOV 14 BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW. amazeum.org Suspend adulting for a couple of hours at the Scott Family Amazeum and play without worrying about what the kids might think. Adults 21+ only please. Tickets cost $15 and include two adult beverages (if you choose), hors d'oeuvres, and as much fun as your inner child can get their hands on. Follow us on Facebook at Amazeum After Hours. 4 WHAT'S UP! OCTOBER 20-26, 2019 COVER STORY the show catalog was as close as possible to what the Coral Reefer Band plays live. "What a thrill," Utley enthuses. "At 71, getting my name in a playbill for a Broadway show? I couldn't have ever imagined it." Utley is on tour with Buffett currently, so he doesn't travel with the production. But, luckily, the Arkansas native and University of Arkansas graduate was just back in Fayetteville during the spring to be honored as the UA Alumni Association's 2019 Johnson Fellow. "I had the good fortune of visiting the [Walton Arts Center] when I was there back in April, and it's a beautiful facility," he shares. "When I was in Fayetteville, it was just a small town. But it's sort of become metropolitan." Whether Fayetteville could be considered officially metropolitan, it is at least comparable to its surrounding markets as a Broadway presenter. "Escape to Margaritaville" is among this season's abundance of direct- from-Broadway shows and is one of the 2019-20 season's six Arkansas premieres of official Broadway tours. In fact, Robinson Center also has the musical on its 2019 schedule, but the show will stop in Little Rock after the Walton Arts Center. As a venue that usually nabs one or two of those brand new shows per year, a season stacked with fresh work points to the growth both the region and the performing arts center have experienced. "It means that the industry is taking notice of Northwest Arkansas," Jennifer Ross, WAC director of programming, notes proudly. For this, the opening show of the official 2019-20 Broadway season — Blue Man Group's new show "Speechless" was an add-on for the Broadway series — audiences will follow a woman down from Cincinnati as she meets and falls for a part-time bartender, part-time singer in a bar in the Caribbean. "I was so humbled by the talent," Utley muses on the crew for "Escape to Margaritaville." "And the cast! They're kids — they're in their 20s and how talented they are is amazing. This really is a fine production. "The whole thing is trying to keep the music like what the people at the concerts see, with a narrative, and to have a good time and to be entertained. It's a really fun show." Margaritaville Continued From Page 3